@readandrepeat2.bsky.social
Avid reader, animal lover, manatees, alpacas, horses, dolphins and koalas are some of my spirit animals; cats are old souls, ocean lover, triathlete, hiker, traveler- sometimes virtual. Kindness is free. History is also her story and ours.
In case you missed it, you can catch me and @katiephang.bsky.social discussing the abject failures of the Trump DOJ and the republican surveillance state. There's also a full transcript of the show: www.muellershewrote.com/p/allison-gi...
15.02.2026 20:41 β π 808 π 224 π¬ 16 π 2THE U.S. GOVERNMENT spent 100s of thousands of dollars and expended thousands of man-hours of labor all to send just NINE people in chains on a Boeing 737 from Minnesota to Texas today π
15.02.2026 23:23 β π 702 π 367 π¬ 31 π 14Democrats should propose amendments to the SAVE act that require the government to furnish free IDs to all eligible voters before requiring them, automatically register all people to vote, expand mail-in voting, and create a national voting holiday. Then watch republicans block them.
15.02.2026 23:32 β π 5781 π 1698 π¬ 213 π 107Why do republicans keep referring to the stock market in dollars instead of points?
15.02.2026 23:33 β π 2812 π 426 π¬ 409 π 41Heather Cox Richardson points out that Pam Bondiβs bizarre testimony makes more sense when you realize she couldnβt talk about the Epstein files without perjuring herself. Watch our discussion here: www.muellershewrote.com/p/heather-co...
15.02.2026 23:44 β π 2008 π 714 π¬ 56 π 31When you ask yourself βYeah, but did he shoot a puppy?β when weighing who is a worse choice to run DHS.
16.02.2026 01:59 β π 1021 π 209 π¬ 102 π 5This is why we must
#ImpeachThemAll
"The interview was conducted July 24, 2019, and entered into the FBIβs case files on August 9, the day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell."
15.02.2026 20:54 β π 1043 π 421 π¬ 22 π 20A year later Weev would play a key role in professionalizing the trolls who played a key role in getting Trump elected.
15.02.2026 22:38 β π 1742 π 719 π¬ 31 π 15Okay so this seems pretty straightforward. Epstein paid Reinhart to do a shitty job defending Epsteinβs employees and victims.
15.02.2026 03:21 β π 327 π 114 π¬ 7 π 6Sorry to be this blunt.
The Norwegian Crown Princess may lose her right to inherit the throne after accepting Epsteinβs hospitality.
In the UK government officials have had to resign after recommending that someone who had ties to Epstein be given a job.
When will the USA get its act together?
Correction: the interview was posted a day before Epstein was found dead. It was conducted 2 weeks prior.
15.02.2026 20:52 β π 1363 π 255 π¬ 15 π 6ALERT: The republicans - who threw a FIT over Jack Smith LEGALLY subpoenaing their toll records - ILLEGALLY spied on Democratic lawmakers' Epstein file searches. I'll discuss this with @katiephang.bsky.social in 45 minutes over on Meidas: www.youtube.com/live/sM8TZSP...
15.02.2026 19:17 β π 1972 π 628 π¬ 35 π 17FYI: In 2023, Twitter fought Jack Smith tooth and nail on a legal subpoena for Trump's account info, delaying the investigation by at least four months. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
15.02.2026 19:48 β π 1445 π 547 π¬ 50 π 18NEW: The FBI interview implicating Trump for raping and assaulting a 14 year old took place one day before Epstein was found dead in his jail cell, and emails about the credible accusation came around the time Blanche visited Ghislaine Maxwell in pirson. substack.com/home/post/p-...
15.02.2026 20:49 β π 5586 π 2887 π¬ 206 π 184Fuckin sick weirdos.
15.02.2026 22:05 β π 2600 π 882 π¬ 153 π 44The acting director of ICE told Congress, under oath, that local law enforcement in Colorado leaked raid plans, allowing gang members to escape.
After 9NEWS questioned ICE's claim and its timeline, ICE deleted the claim from its social media platforms.
I miss when you could post Brave Norman Rockwell Townsperson and the caption could be, like, βR.E.M was wrong to leave βFretlessβ off of Out of Timeβ instead of βThe secret police should stop murdering people.β
15.02.2026 20:56 β π 10350 π 1379 π¬ 134 π 47A child dying of cancer spent her final days fighting to free her wrongfully detained father from ICE custody.
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This comes just weeks after a mother from Maryland was denied the right to be at her sonβs side as he died from cancer.
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Not one dime for this cruelty.
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Professor @sarasilverstein.bsky.social is someone to whom I listen on issues of health and history. This essay helps us to situate the present American health drama in the history of health care, and thereby to see much more clearly what we face.
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$38 Billion to cage people β as Brentwood, TN-based @CoreCivic says they want even more
13.02.2026 22:14 β π 937 π 456 π¬ 75 π 28CoreCivic executives and investors are incentivized by large sums of money to expend their concentration camp business.
#DIVEST $CXW
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How to DIVEST from prison companies running ICE detention centers, CoreCivic and GEO Group.
DIVEST $CXW $GEO
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The Kids Aren't Alright in Dilley
Investors on CoreCivic earnings call:
Raj Sharma, Texas Bank
Matthew Arbner, Jones Trading
Greg Gibas, Northland Securities
Ben Briggs, StoneX Financial
M. Marin, Zacks
Bill Sutherland, Benchmark
Joe Gomes, Noble Capital
#DIVEST
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CoreCivic earnings call Feb 12:
CoreCivic CEO Patrick Swindle to investors: "we are in constant dialogue with our customer [ICE]" to evaluate "how we can participate in that." And "we believe we can be successful in supporting their mission."
#DIVEST $CXW
Transcript: www.fool.com/earnings/cal...
CoreCivic executives receive cash incentives beyond their base salaries, based on company earnings.
ICE revenues more than doubled in 2025.
Patrick Swindle is now CoreCivic CEO. He is heavily incentivized to grow ICE revenues -- as are executives and investors.
#DIVEST $CXW
Put most bluntly:
If you want nice things, and if you want to keep our constitutional republic, then we must all work together to
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There is simply no alternative.
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It can be done.
And it π’πͺπ¨π© be done.
Because our constitutional system canβt and wonβt survive three more years of Trump and Trumpist corruption and depravity.
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